Hawthorn in Business 1

Mark Hawthorne will delve
into the dark side of business and take a look at organised crime,
fraud, gambling, insider trading and the importance of integrity in your
organisation.

Featuring a two-course menu,
beverages and post-event drinks, this is a networking lunch not to
be missed.

Date: Friday 17
May

Time: 12.30pm -
3.00pm

Venue: Zinc, Federation Square

Panel:

Chief
Commissioner Graham Ashton AM

Chief Commissioner Graham Ashton commenced his appointment
as the 22nd Chief Commissioner of Victoria Police on 1 July
2015.

Graham first joined Victoria Police in December 2009 after
accepting a position on the Victoria Police Executive. After initially
working as Director of the Victoria Police Forensic Services Department,
Graham assumed the role of Director, Corporate Strategy and Governance
Department, and then in April 2011, Graham commenced in the position of
Assistant Commissioner, Crime Command. In that role Graham commenced
numerous reforms designed to improve the Victoria Police response to
serious crime and organised crime.

In February 2012, Graham was appointed to
the position of Deputy Commissioner,
SpecialistOperations. In this role his responsibilities included
oversight and management of Crime Command, Forensics Services
Department, Intelligence and Covert Support Command, Legal Service
Department and Road Policing Command. During that time, Graham led a
victim focused approach resulting in changes to the handling of child
sexual abuse cases, cracked down on crime associated with outlaw
motorcycle gangs, and initiated sport integrity
reforms.

John
Silvester

John Silvester has been a crime reporter
based in Melbourne from the late 1970s. He has written, edited and
published crime books that have sold more than 1 million copies in
Australia.

His work was adapted into the top rating
Underbelly television series shown on Channel Nine and he has acted as
presenter in a series of award winning television crime
documentaries.

He won the 2007 Graham
Perkin Australian Journalist of the Year and was highly commended in the
same award in 1998 and 2014.
In
2008 he was judged the Victoria Law Foundation Legal Reporter of the
Year. He has won eight Melbourne Press Club Quill
awards, nine Victorian Law Foundation Awards, four Walkley Awards, a Ned
Kelly Award for true crime writing and a Ned Kelly lifetime achievement
award.In 2018 he was elevated to the
Australian Media Hall of Fame.

He presented ABC documentaries Trigger Point,
an in depth examination of police shootings in Victoria and Conviction,
a study of the police investigation into the murder of Jill Meagher.
Conviction won the 2017 Logie for Outstanding Factual
Program.

He is the senior crime reporter for The Age and
appears on 3AW as crime commentator Sly of the Underworld. He has given
evidence in Royal Commissions on crime and
corruption.